# agent-observability-experiment-analyzer

Analyze one LLM experiment or compare two, with exploratory and question-driven modes. Choose it when you need to inspect results or assess a candidate against a baseline.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 529 installs · ★ 178
- Author: datadog-labs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/agent-observability/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
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## What it does

The skill handles a single experiment or a pair. It can explore results on its own or focus on a question; in a comparison, the first ID is the baseline and the second is the candidate. Set `--output agent|file|notebook` to choose a chat report, a file, or a Datadog notebook.

It checks whether Datadog MCP tools are available and otherwise looks for the `pup` CLI. The listed tools cover experiment summaries, event queries and details, metrics, and dimensions. Notebook export uses Datadog. The `pup` route depends on that CLI being installed; without MCP tools or `pup`, the analysis cannot proceed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-experiment-analyzer -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-experiment-analyzer -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-experiment-analyzer -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install datadog-labs/agent-skills agent-observability-experiment-analyzer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-experiment-analyzer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills --path agent-observability/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add datadog-labs/agent-skills --skill agent-observability-experiment-analyzer -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/datadog-labs/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/agent-observability/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare two LLM experiments
- inspect a single experiment without a set question
- answer a question about experiment results
- choose chat, file, or Datadog notebook output

## Example prompts
- Compare `<experiment_id_1>` with `<experiment_id_2>` and show the report in chat: `/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer <experiment_id_1> <experiment_id_2> --output agent`
- Review `<experiment_id_1>` and tell me which metrics to examine: `/agent-observability-experiment-analyzer <experiment_id_1> which metrics should I examine? --output agent`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: agent-observability-experiment-analyzer
description: Analyze LLM experiment results. Handles single or comparative experiments, exploratory or Q&A modes. Use when user says "analyze experiment", "compare experiments", "analyze against baseline", or provides one or two experiment IDs for analysis.
---

## Backend

**Detection** — At the start of every invocation, before taking any action, determine which backend to use:

1. If the user passed `--backend pup` anywhere in their invocation → use **pup mode** immediately, regardless of whether MCP tools are present. Skip steps 2–4.
2. Check whether MCP tools are present in your active tool list. The canonical signal is whether a tool named `get_llmobs_experiment_summary` (with or without the `mcp__datadog-llmo-mcp__` prefix) appears in your available tools.
3. If MCP tools are present → use **MCP mode** throughout. **Tool name binding:** note the exact name under which `get_llmobs_experiment_summary` appears in your active tool list and use that exact name (prefixed or unprefixed) for every MCP tool call this invocation. All other experiment tools follow the same naming convention.
4. If MCP tools are absent → check whether `pup` is executable: run `pup --version` via Bash. A JSON response containing `"version"` confirms pup is available.
5. If pup responds → use **pup mode** throughout. Translate every MCP tool call to its pup equivalent using the Tool Reference appendix at the bottom of this file.
6. If neither is available → stop and tell the user:
   > "Neither the Datadog MCP server nor the pup CLI is available. Connect the MCP server (`claude mcp add --scope user --transport http datadog-llmo-mcp 'https://mcp.datadoghq.com/v1/mcp?toolsets=llmobs'`) or install pup."

`--backend pup` is accepted anywhere in the invocation arguments and is stripped before passing remaining args to the skill logic.

**pup invocation rules:**
- Invoke via Bash: `pup llm-obs <subcommand> [flags]`
- pup always outputs JSON. Parse directly — no content-block unwrapping (unlike MCP results, which may wrap JSON in `[{"type": "text", "text": "<json>"}]`).
- If pup returns an auth error, tell the user to run `pup auth login` and stop.
- Parallelization: issue multiple Bash tool calls in a single message (one pup command per call).

**Invocation ID:** At the very start of each invocation, before any MCP tool call, generate an 8-character hex invocation ID (e.g., `3a9f1c2b`). Keep it constant for the entire invocation.
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